CCSLC RESULTS MAY JUNE 2018 1 OUR MISSION

CCSLC RESULTS MAY – JUNE 2018 1

OUR MISSION To provide the region with: • syllabuses of the highest quality; valid and reliable examinations and certificates of international repute for students of all ages, abilities and interests; • services to development examinations effective way. educational institutions in of syllabuses, examinations administration in the most the and cost- 2

GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN CXC® EXAMINATIONS Fairness of Examinations Accuracy of the Marking Reliability of the Test Scores Quality of the Certification 3

FITNESS FOR PURPOSE CXC PRODUCTS • Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment™ (CPEA™) • Caribbean Certificate Of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®) • Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) • Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®) • Caribbean Vocational Qualification* (CVQ) • CXC-AD 4

E-TESTING - REGIONAL PARTICIAPTING TERRITORIES CAPE® CSEC® CCSLC® No. of SUBJECTS OFFERED 2018 2017 2018 13 9 3 11 7 4 TOTAL 2017 No. of TESTS TAKEN 2018 2017 32 31 6 32 3, 913 30 11, 214 6 666 1, 916 7, 827 789 69 68 15, 793 10, 532 5

GRADED EXAMINATIONS • CAPE – Module grades in addition to overall grade • CSEC • CCSLC – Mastery, Competent, Developing Competence • CVQ* • CPEA – Overall grade only – Profile grades in addition to overall grade – Competent/Not Competent *CVQ® is the registered trademark of the Caribbean Association of National Training Authorities (CANTA) www. cxc. org

What is CCSLC ? • A secondary level qualification which will prepare candidates for further study or entry-level employment. • Candidates must complete two compulsory subjects (English and Mathematics) as well as a choice of three others including: – Other CCSLC subjects – CSEC subjects Grades I to IV – TVET Level 1 programmes www. cxc. org 7

Comparative Candidate Entries by Subjects for 2016 - 2018 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 2016 2017 2018 English 3769 3876 3600 Mathematics 3637 3865 3592 Social Studies 2233 2883 3010 2016 Integrated Science 1618 2221 1977 2017 French 261 216 176 Spanish 316 242 246 2018 www. cxc. org 8

Average (Mean) Performances for Examination Components 2016 - 2018 70 68 66 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 English Mathematics Social Studies 2016 Integrated Science 2017 French Spanish 2018 www. cxc. org 9

Performance Across Examination Components 2016 -2018 100. 00 90. 00 80. 00 70. 00 60. 00 50. 00 40. 00 30. 00 20. 00 10. 00 2016 2017 English 2018 2016 2017 Mathematics 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 Social Studies Master Competent 2017 2018 Integrated Science 2016 2017 French 2018 2016 2017 2018 Spanish Developing Competence www. cxc. org 10

POSSIBLE SOLUTION… A Wallet of Certification 11

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